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Stuck To Leap
I used to want to leap real high. And gather air and speed and fly.
I was excited to start this journey, until you came- and made me worry.
You tell me I must make the leap -
Animal Curses
"I can't believe you forgot where you parked the car! We only went to the Zoo for three hours." Eva complained.
"whale whale whale, look who's talking. You told me where to park- you should remember," her brother Leo remarked. -
Jersey number 15
I’m jersey number 15.
I'm the girl that warmed the bench in 7th grade,
dutifully handing out water and watching the score with bouncing knees,
the person who makes random posters -
Last weeks work
Last weeks work
is this weeks issues.
Yesterdays woes have carried over.
Cant look ahead cause behind is not finished.
Hours of stuff have not been diminished.
Why cant I stay on top of the mess? -
To Live
I had a dream.
You jumped.
I was always afraid of this. That your hopelessness would one day overcome your rational decision making, and that bridge we often ride over would be your place of death. -
Birthday Blues
Ew.
I'm old.
Older.
The last day being the age I am is - the same.
And yet I'm scared.
Funny how one number can make you think about everything that's happened
I only look back longingly,
Loves
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instructions on growing up
If you wrap your hand around your mother's wrist
your fingers will touch. How
do you come to terms with that? How
do you learn that your father's shoulders
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a letter to my mother
how do i say--
yesterday, you called me a miracle
and i believed you because
you can make me believe
anything.
(you have not always wielded that well.)
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Don’t get mad
You said you wanted to change the past you miss the long days well you never once asked was it hard for me you never once thought maybe you where hurting me so don’t get mad at me when I walk away when I make my own name take my own future b
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Love
I prayed our love would never die,
Till the moment,
I prayed,
You would never love me again.
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A haiku on WAR
The horrors of man,
The pain of all, hate of some
The whole world engulfed.
Monarchs full of hate,
Killing caused a weeping world,
Tears of mud and blood.
Struggles of many,
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Snakes in Her Hair
Medusa's story
is one that has been poured over
and over
pulling apart each letter until it is
not
a letter
anymore
shared and split down the middle and torn